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Reminder about the Nixa Hamfest coming up THIS SATURDAY.

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Subject: Nixa ARC Hamfest - THIS Saturday, November 13 @ 8:00 a.m.
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2021 20:30:34 -0600
From: NARCFEST 2018 <narc...@gmail.com>

The Nixa ARC Hamfest is coming up quickly!   If you haven't already, mark your calendar for Saturday, November 13, 2021 - doors open at 8:00 a.m.  

Location:  Barnhouse Event Center - 5484 W. Sunshine St, Brookline, MO  65619
                GPS:  37-9-45 N / 93-23-47.0 W OR in decimal degrees - Latitude : 37.1625 degrees | Longitude :  -93.396389 degrees
Talk-in:  Southwest Missouri Linked Repeater System - local repeater to Springfield will be the 147.015 or 147.225, PL 162.2 Hz on both
              For a list of ALL repeaters that will have Talk-in Traffic, vist https://smlrs.info/repeater-frequencies-and-pl-tones/

Admission is $10.00 and you receive (2) prize tickets per admission
                    SUPER TICKET:  $20.00 and you receive (20) prize tickets per superticket (this has been VERY popular in the past!)
Tables:       SOLD OUT!!!

ALL PROCEEDS ARE USED TO MAINTAIN AND SUPPORT THE SOUTHWEST MISSOURI LINKED REPEATER SYSTEM - WWW.SMLRS.INFO

Tables:  This year's hamfest features 39 tables total and will include commercial vendors Associated Radio, D&L Antennas and Ham Crazy.

Prizes:  Grand Prize:    Yaesu FTM-300DR Analog / Fusion dual-band Mobile (drawing at 1:00 p.m.)
             Other prizes:  Yaesu FT-70DR Analog / Fusion dual band Portable Radio
                                    Princeton 80WIN - 10m to 80m HF antenna
                                    LDG mAT-125E HF Auto Tuner
                                    DX Engineering $100 Gift Certificate
                                    Alpha Antenna $100 Gift Certificate
                                    N3FJP $50 Gift Certificate
                                    Baofeng UV-5R Dual Band Portable & accessories (TWO drawings!)
                                    ARRL Gift Certificates
                                    ***** MUST be present to win your prize - you will have until 12:45 to claim your prize as drawing information will be posted at the prize ticket table.  Prizes not claimed at 12:45 will be re-drawn for those remaining at the                                                hamfest with the grand prize drawing at 1:00 p.m.

VE Testing:  8:30 a.m. - Upstairs conference room - NO pre-registration needed - Provided by Rob Huelga, W3LGA, and the Nixa ARC VE Team

Presentations:  10:30 a.m. - "When Kilocycles meet Solar Cycles" by Rob Steenburgh, AD0IU, and Bob Renard, N7WY.   Rob works with the team that "predicts" the short term space-weather forecast of which Bob pulls from when he sends out his                                                      weekly HF activies emails on the nixa...@groups.io email reflector.  Some discussion on the forecast process and how it can be interpreted to improve your HF operating skills will be discussed
                        12:00 p.m. - "FT-8 for Everyone" will be presented by Larry Grinstead, WA0JZK.  Larry will discuss this popular HF digital mode, some information that pertains to all users and their equipment, and where to find SPECIFIC information 
                                           pertaining to YOUR individual setup on the Internet

Food:  The Barnhouse Grill will be open for Breakfast at 6:00 a.m. AND lunch during the event and it has a sit down area for those attending to sit and visit, eat, and/or drink coffee!

Several of you are already booked at the AmercInn by Wyndham in Republic - but for those of you driving a long distance that would prefer to stay the night near the hamfest, here is a link to their website:

We personally went and looked at the hotel about a month ago and the room we saw and the foyer were all clean and I wouldn't hesitate to stay there myself.  The hotel is about a 5-10 minute drive from the hamfest venue on US Hwy 60.  I believe they are also serving a regular breakfast at this location as well per our conversation with them at that time.

There are several places you can grab breakfast, however, that you may want to try out:

The Barnhouse Grill (Located at the hamfest venue - they will open at 6:00 a.m.
Dunkin Doughnuts
S&L Doughnuts (VERY good and they have breakfast sandwiches as well)
McDonalds
Wendy's
Village Inn
Jeanie's Restaurant (I've not eaten here but I've heard it's a good place to eat as well)
Classic Rock Coffee
Black Lab Coffee (Also VERY good!)
Kum & Go - has doughnuts & breakfast pizza
Casey's - Doughnuts & breakfast pizza

If you are looking for supper choices Friday or lunch after the hamfest on Saturday, some of the local favorites are - (all of these are EXCELLENT choices)
Heady BBQ
Big Whiskeys
Flat Creek
Arris Pizza

Looking for desert?
Andy's Frozen Custard
Baskin Robins
Dairy Queen

ALL restaurants in Republic are open for dine in EXCEPT the Dairy Queen (no clue why - they were only mediocre at best to begin with)

Several of you are travelling from other states and larger metropolitan areas.  There are no mask mandates / requirements anywhere in this area unless you go to one of the hospitals or Silver Dollar City (and we sure hope you don't have to!).  If you feel the need to wear one, please feel free to do so.  It's been so long since we've had any mandates here I can't remember when they went away so I wanted to give you a heads up so you know what to expect.

We have sold all 39 tables!  If you haven't seen a flyer yet, here is a link:  https://smlrs.info/hamfest-flyer/

Interest has been good for the hamfest and we are hoping for a great turnout.  Talk-in will be held on ANY SMLRS repeater - locally it is the 147.015+ PL 162.2 Hz or the 147.225+ PL 162.2 Hz - both in Springfield.  On site, we will have the Nixa ARC Club communications trailer set up with the portable repeater linked to the SMLRS - if you want to listen to the talk-in during the hamfest or for other announcements about the hamfest, you can program the trailer repeater into your HT:

146.595 output with a negative offset - 145.995 input, PL 71.9 Hz on both encode and decode.   

Brad, KA0KDW, will be the net control & talk-in for the event - thanks Brad!

If you are looking for other attractions to visit after the hamfest on Saturday, the original Bass Pro Shop is just 10-15 minutes EAST of the hamfest on Sunshine St - besides the store, they also have the following neat attractions:
Hemingways Blue Water Cafe
National Archery Hall of Fame
National Rifle Association Sporting Arms Museum
Wonders of Wildlife National Museum & Aquarium

Wilsons Creek National Battlefield (about 5 minutes WEST of the hamfest venue)
Parks on the air setup after the hamfest perhaps???

Branson is also just about 35-40 minutes from the hamfest location as well via James River Freeway & US Hwy 65 and there are TONS of things to do there from shows to shopping.

More information and detailed driving directions can be found here:
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James Adkins, KB0NHX
Nixa ARC Hamfest Committee
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